Re: sorry,

or succintly stated, 'ignorant of their own ignorance'

Been there, not a pretty picture. Sometimes I wish my memory had the lifespan of TEAC tapes. ;)

Jared

On Tuesday 08 May 2001 10:01, Eric D. Pierce wrote:
> zzzzzzzz,,,,,, grind, clank, rumble, .... zzzzzz
>
> if it's tuesday, i must be in shaqramento
>
> ***REPOST***
>
> http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html
>
> Selected Article © 1999
> by the American Psychological Association
> For personal use only--not for distribution
> December 1999 Vol. 77, No. 6, 1121-1134
>
> Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's
> Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
>
> Justin Kruger and David Dunning
> Department of Psychology Cornell University
>
> Abstract
>
> People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many
> social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this
> overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in
> these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach
> erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their
> incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.
> ...
>
> regard,
> ep
>
> On 8 May 2001, at 8:22, Mohan, Ross wrote:
> > Are you an idiot?
> >
> > ;->
> >
> > || -----Original Message-----
> > || From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:PierceED_at_csus.edu]
> > || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:11 PM
> > || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > || Subject: RE: sorry,
> > ||
> > ||
> > || HELP
>
> ...

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